Year 1
Class Teacher: Miss MacMahon
Teaching Assistant: Miss Hogan and Mrs Alderson
A copy of the Year 1 curriculum overview can be downloaded below.
Year One's PE day is Monday. Please ensure your child has their PE kits on this day and all items are clearly labelled with their name. This includes PE pumps and bags.
Home Reading
Reading books will continue to be sent home. Books will be changed when the child has completed the book but it must be placed in the reading box in the classroom. Please continue to read daily with your child and log each time your child has read at home in the home reading log book (yellow book). All home reading books will be matched to your child's phonic knowledge. New books will be given to include the new phonic sounds that your child has learnt that week.
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Autumn Term 2 - English
We will be reading Zog for our English unit. Children will have many short writing opportunities to develo their indepnedent writing skills and will end the unit writing an innovated version of the story. Children will also be read to by the class teacher each day. This will help children to develop their listening skills, introduce them to new vocabulary and also allows them to listen to different genres of books.
Maths
To begin autumn term 2 , we will continue to learn about place value, 2D and 3D shapes, measure (length and mass) and simple addition and subtraction. Children will also begin learning Key Instant Recall Facts (KIRF's). These are facts that children should begin to remember to develop their mental maths ability. A paper copy will be sent home for children to learn at home and a copy of the KIRF's is also attached below.
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| Autumn 2 KIRF.docx | Download |
Phonics
Children will have a 25 minute daily phonics lesson and children will be split into groups according to their phonic knowledge. The majority of phonics taught in year 1 will be phase 5 with phase 2-4 being regularly recapped. Children will have regular screening checks to practice for the Statutory Assessment at the end of the year. Please download the document below to see the overview of the sounds your child will be learning:
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| overview-of-letters-and-sounds.pdf | Download |
Watch these videos to help your child with their Phonic Sounds and how to pronounce the sounds...
Spellings:
Children will have 10 spellings to learn each week all linked to a phonic sound. All the spellings will be loaded onto the Spelling Shed website and all children have been allocated their own login details. Children should log on to this 2-3 times per week to access the spelling games. Children will also be given a paper copy each week to enable them to practice writing down their spellings. They will be tested each Friday and the new spellings will also be sent home on this day. In addition to this, children may be given an extra 2-3 words to learn which do not follow the regular spelling pattern.
History
We will be learning all about the Great Fire of London this term. We will be focusing on the key events and people during this period. We will also beging to learn about chronology using simple timelines.
Science
We will be learning about our 5 senses and the basic parts of the human body. Children will know which part of the body is linked to each sense.
Religious Education
Big Question - What do people say about God? (Our focus question for the year)
Focus Question -
In our RE lessons we will be learning about Christianity. This will include the beliefs and traditions of Christians and also make links to our own personal experiences.
